11 red cards in Argentina Cup final

Boca opened the scoring thanks to Norberto Briasco's 19th minute, but Matias Rojas equalized just three minutes later. After the first 90 minutes, the match was tense when referee Facundo Tello had to draw up to 8 yellow cards, divided equally between each team.

Drama was pushed up in the second half, when two Colombian players clashed, including strikers Sebastian Villa (Boca) and Johan Carbonero (Racing). The referee drew a red card directly to disqualify these two players, and also disqualified acting coach Boca Hugo Ibarra.

The two teams entered extra time, and the tension continued when midfielder Alan Varela kicked the opponent's thigh in an attempt to kick the ball. Varela received a second yellow card for this behavior, which means a red card and Boca only nine men on the field.

Racing took advantage of a one-man advantage to score a 2-1 winner thanks to a header from Carlos Alcaraz in the 118th minute. While he was celebrating, the Boca audience threw bottles on the pitch in response. The Boca players also ran over, Nicholas Figal pinching his ears and Darius Benedetto holding the ball to Alcaraz's head. Boca substitutes or substitutes Carlos Zambrano and Diego Gonzalez also ran into the field to scuffle.

After being helped by the assistants, referee Tello gave Alcaraz a second yellow card for overjoying, and red carded Boca defender Luis Advincula. Zambrano and Gonzalez were also shown red cards, although that did not affect the number of Boca players on the field. On the Racing side, substitute Jonathan Galvan was also shown a red card from this altercation. At that time, Boca only had eight people on the field, and Racing also only played against nine people.

The Boca player had not yet cooled down and just two minutes later, midfielder Oscar Romero hit the ball roughly with the opponent and was penalized. Teammate Frank Fabra ran to overreact and received a second yellow card, which means a red card. Immediately, Fabra threw away the captain's armband. Boca then had only seven people left, fighting nine Racing players.

Two minutes later, referee Tello watched the video of the situation via VAR, and discovered that striker Darius Benedetto used inappropriate hand gestures with the decision of the whistle. That also caused Benedetto to be disqualified. According to FIFA rules, as Boca had less than seven men, the match ended a few minutes early with a 2-1 victory for Racing.

The Argentina Cup is played between Boca - the national champion and the Argentine Confederation Cup, and the two runners-up of this tournament. The two runner-up teams must eliminate each other first, when Racing defeated Tigres on November 2, to reach the final against Boca. This is Racing's second Argentina Cup, after three times the tournament has been held, and Boca has never won this title.

Players who receive red cards will not be suspended from the 2023 Argentina championship, because they will only be banned from playing if they attend the Argentina Cup in the future.